Isabel Coixet ([izəˈβɛɫ kuˈʃɛt]; born 9 April 1960) is a Spanish film director. She is one of the most prolific female film directors of contemporary Spain, having directed seven feature-length films since the beginning of her film career in 1988. Her films follow a departure from traditional national cinema of Spain, and help to “untangle films from their national context, … clearing the path for thinking about national film from different perspectives.” The recurring themes of “emotions, feelings and existential conflict” coupled with her distinct visual style secure the “multifaceted (she directs, writes, produces and acts)” filmmaker's status as a “catalan auteur”.

, 1h30Directed byIsabel CoixetOriginUSAGenresDrama, Comedy, RomanceActorsPatricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Jake Weber, Grace Gummer, John Hodgman, Samantha BeeRating63% Learning to Drive is about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different New Yorkers. Wendy is a sharp-tongued author whose husband just left her, inspiring her to embrace her independence and learn how to drive. Her teacher, Darwan, is a gentle Indian Sikh cab driver with an impending arranged marriage. As Darwan teaches Wendy how to drive, they both learn valuable lessons about relationships, life, and the value of friendship.

, 1h26Directed byIsabel CoixetOriginUnited-kingdomGenresThrillerActorsSophie Turner, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Claire Forlani, Rhys Ifans, Ivana Baquero, Geraldine ChaplinRating47% While on vacation Fay's father (Rhys Ifans) is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Returning to school Fay (Sophie Turner) is cast in the school production of Macbeth as Lady Macbeth with her crush, Drew (Gregg Sulkin) cast in the title role. During the first rehearsal Fay is nervous and keeps forgetting her lines. Her teacher, John (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) advises her to look at Roman Polanski's 1971 version of Macbeth for inspiration. Fay goes to the school library to pick up a copy and while there is terrified as lights begin to flicker on and off and she hears the sound of someone chasing her. Shortly after she runs off she is found by a group of her friends who have seen and heard nothing.

, 1h49Directed byIsabel CoixetOriginEspagneGenresDrama, Thriller, RomanceActorsRinko Kikuchi, Sergi López, Min Tanaka, Hideo Sakaki, Manabu OshioRating60% The movie begins with Mr. Nagara, a wealthy CEO, complaining to his loyal assistant, Ishida, that he does not like the way he has to entertain the people he is signing a contract with. They eat sushi off of the naked bodies of women lying on the tables. Ishida receives a phone call and tells Mr. Nagara that his daughter has killed herself. Mr. Nagara blames Midori's boyfriend, David, a Spanish man who owns a wine shop in Tokyo. Mr. Nagara cannot abide the fact that David is alive and Midori is dead. Ishida says he will take care of it and hires a woman who works in a fish market, Ryu, to murder David.

, 1h48Directed byIsabel CoixetOriginUSAGenresDrama, RomanceThemesFilms about sexualityActorsPenélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard, Debbie HarryRating66% David Kepesh is a cultural critic and professor, in a state of 'emancipated manhood': His relationships with women are usually casual, brief and sexual in nature. Previously married, he has a son who has never forgiven him for leaving his mother. His friend, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet George O'Hearn, suggests that he "bifurcate" his life: have conversations and enjoy art with a wife, and "keep the sex just for sex". David is also in a casual 20-year relationship with Caroline, another former student.

, 1h55Directed byIsabel CoixetOriginEspagneGenresDrama, RomanceActorsSarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Julie Christie, Javier Cámara, Steven Mackintosh, Eddie MarsanRating74% Taciturn, partially deaf Hanna (Polley) is a Yugoslavian native working in a factory in Northern Ireland. She is forced to take a vacation by her boss, who tells her that her co-workers have been offended by her lack of socializing. After overhearing a conversation about a need for a nurse, she takes on a job as private nurse for burn victim Josef (Robbins). He is bedridden on an offshore oil rig after a fire on the rig, and has severe burns and is temporarily blinded. The rig is not operational awaiting an investigation, and few people remain on board.

, 1h46Directed byIsabel CoixetOriginEspagneGenresDrama, RomanceThemesMedical-themed films, Films about cancerActorsSarah Polley, Scott Speedman, Mark Ruffalo, Amanda Plummer, Leonor Watling, Debbie HarryRating74% Ann (Sarah Polley) is a hard-working 23-year-old mother with two small daughters, an unemployed husband (Scott Speedman), a mother (Deborah Harry) who sees her life as a failure, and a jailed father whom she has not seen in ten years. Her life changes dramatically when, during a medical checkup following a collapse, she is diagnosed with metastatic ovarian cancer and told she has only two months to live. Deciding not to tell anyone of her condition, using the cover of anemia, Ann makes a list of things to do before she dies. She decides to change her hair, record birthday messages for the girls for every year until they're 18, and tries to set up her husband with another woman. Feeling a longing to experience a life that was never available to her, she seeks out a man to experience how it feels to be in a sexual relationship with someone other than her husband. Her experiment ends up taking an emotional toll when she meets with a man named Lee, who ends up madly in love with her and is left heartbroken when Ann breaks up. He meets with her one last time and says that he will do anything to make her happy, taking care of her daughters and even finding her husband a job. She ends their relationship and never tells him that she is dying. At the end of the film Ann records a message to her husband telling him that she loves him and another one to Lee telling him the same. She then leaves all tapes she has recorded with her doctor asking him to deliver them after her death.

, 1h26Directed byIsabel CoixetOriginUnited-kingdomGenresThrillerActorsSophie Turner, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Claire Forlani, Rhys Ifans, Ivana Baquero, Geraldine ChaplinRating47% While on vacation Fay's father (Rhys Ifans) is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Returning to school Fay (Sophie Turner) is cast in the school production of Macbeth as Lady Macbeth with her crush, Drew (Gregg Sulkin) cast in the title role. During the first rehearsal Fay is nervous and keeps forgetting her lines. Her teacher, John (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) advises her to look at Roman Polanski's 1971 version of Macbeth for inspiration. Fay goes to the school library to pick up a copy and while there is terrified as lights begin to flicker on and off and she hears the sound of someone chasing her. Shortly after she runs off she is found by a group of her friends who have seen and heard nothing.